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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:19 PM Original message |
Perhaps the Year's Most Biased Article: "The Real Problem with Credit Cards: The Cardholders" |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. The article does have a point, you know. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. What's really biased is the headline: "The *real* problem with credit cards"... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Well, things *would* be a whole lot better if we lived within our means |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. What about those people who are responsible with their cards? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. If you carry little or no balance on the card, I'm not sure what the problem is. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. When your interest rate jumps to 30% from 12% |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. "I'd run every card I owned up to max and then say 'Fuck You'" |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I'd just be returning the same attitude. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Would you keep all the stuff you bought? n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. seems to me that it screws them too |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Maybe those credit card companies shouldn't have changed the rules |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'm not defending unfair or deceptive practices, but you cannot reasonably argue |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. People are responsible for being suckers |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I don't disagree with that at all. n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I don't know if that is generally true |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't exactly disagree with this one. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. but this new capitalism is all about making money off the fine print |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No argument. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I saw a documentary about credit & one couple said they didn't worry |
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tj2001 (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Real Problem with Health Care Crisis: People Who Get Sick |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. E komo mai (welcome) to DU, tj! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Hi tj2001... welcome to DU! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Welcome to DU |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Again, basic business math skills are no longer taught in schools |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. nothing new in this. it's not the reason the economy tanked. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree with some of what they are saying. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. The author give the game away right here |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. when times are good, they tell you you're a fool not to take out debt to buy assets. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. I agree. Time seems to be arguing the idea that everyone is a stoic, i.e., |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is an excellent article |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Precisely my point -- yet the headline makes it seem like it's all our fault |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. got it |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. One huge problem is that credit card companies |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Soon as they start charging me for prompt payment.... |
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